亚洲网紅露点

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Laodicean

[ ley-od-uh-see-uhn, ley-uh-duh- ]

adjective

  1. lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.


noun

  1. a person who is lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion.

laodicean

/ 藢濒别瑟蓹蕣诲瑟藞蝉瑟蓹苍 /

adjective

  1. lukewarm and indifferent, esp in religious matters
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person having a lukewarm attitude towards religious matters
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Laodicean1

First recorded in 1605鈥15; Laodice(a) + -an
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Laodicean1

C17: referring to the early Christians of Laodicea (Revelation 3:14鈥16)
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Her sister, Kavya, began Olathe鈥檚 winning streak when she correctly spelled 鈥淟aodicean鈥 in the 2009 final round.

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I respect honest atheists more than I do many on my own side, for the same reason Jesus of Nazareth said to the tepid Laodicean church: "because you are lukewarm - neither hot nor cold - I am about to spit you out of my mouth".

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Is it possible that we have the lost Laodicean document in the epistle before us?

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No one of Mr. Hardy's novels contains more of the facts of his own life than A Laodicean, which was composed on what the author then believed to be his death-bed; it was mainly dictated, which I think partly accounts for its difference in style from the other tales.

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Then comes a special greeting to 鈥淣ymphas,鈥 who was obviously a brother of some importance and influence in the Laodicean Church, though to us he has sunk to be an empty name.

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